Arizona Cardinals

The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona. They are the oldest continuous professional American football club in the United States, founded in 1899 in Chicago, Illinois.^[5] They moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1960 before moving to Phoenix in 1988. The head coach of the team is Kliff Kingsbury.^[6] As of 2019, their starting quarterback is Desmond Ridder.^[7] Drew Stanton is currently the number 2 quarterback.^[7] Arizona Cardinals play their home games at State Farm Stadium.^[6] The Arizona Cardinals played in Super Bowl XLIII, but lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers.^[8]

Arizona Cardinals
Current season
Established 1898; 126 years ago (1898) Play in State Farm Stadium Glendale, Arizona Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona
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League/conference affiliations
National Football League (1920–present) Western Division (1933–1949) American Conference (1950–1952) Eastern Conference (1953–1969) Century Division (1967–1969) National Football Conference (1970–present) NFC East (1970–2001) NFC West (2002–present)
Current uniform
Team colors	Cardinal red, white, black[1][2][3]
Mascot	Big Red
Personnel
Owner(s)	Michael Bidwill
Chairman	Michael Bidwill
President	Michael Bidwill
General manager	Steve Keim
Head coach	Kliff Kingsbury
Team history
Since 1920:[4] Racine Cardinals (1920–1921) Chicago Cardinals (1922–1943, 1945–1959) Card-Pitt (1944) St. Louis Cardinals (1960–1987) Phoenix Cardinals (1988–1993) Arizona Cardinals (1994–present)
Team nicknames
The Cards The Redbirds The Big Red
Championships
League championships (2) NFL Championships (pre-1970 AFL–NFL merger) (2) 1925, 1947
Conference championships (1) NFC: 2008
Division championships (7) NFL Western: 1947, 1948 NFC East: 1974, 1975 NFC West: 2008, 2009, 2015
Playoff appearances (10)
NFL: 1947, 1948, 1974, 1975, 1982, 1998, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015
Home fields
Since 1920: Normal Park (1920–1921, 1926–1928) Comiskey Park (1922–1925, 1929–1930, 1939–1958) Wrigley Field (1931–1938) Forbes Field (1944) Soldier Field (1959, 4 games) Metropolitan Stadium (1959, 2 games) Sportsman's Park (1960–1965) Busch Memorial Stadium (1966–1987) Sun Devil Stadium (1988–2005) State Farm Stadium (2006–present)

Uniforms of the Arizona Cardinals

References

1. "Franchise History" (PDF). 2019 Arizona Cardinals Media Guide. NFL Enterprises, LLC. July 30, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
2. "Cardinals' Red & White Practice Set For Saturday". AZCardinals.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. August 1, 2018. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
3. "Arizona Cardinals Team Capsule" (PDF). 2019 Official National Football League Record and Fact Book. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
4. "Arizona Cardinals Team Facts". ProFootballHOF.com. NFL Enterprises. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
5. "NFL History". NFL Enterprises LLC. 2014. Archived from the original on January 2, 2008. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
6. "Arizona Cardinals". NFL Enterprises LLC. 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
7. Darren Urban (June 25, 2014). "Ryan Lindley's Battle At Quarterback". ARIZONA CARDINALS. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
8. Matt Warren (February 3, 2014). "NFL teams that have never won the Super bowl: Bills among 13". SBN / Vox Media, Inc. Retrieved June 26, 2014.

Other websites

• Official Site